[Python-modules-team] Bug#814622: Bug#814622: python3-pytest: modifies shipped files: /usr/bin/py.test-3.[45]

[Brian May]

Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> writes:

> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package modifies files it
> ships in /usr. This is so wrong, I'm not even bothered to look
> up the part of policy this violates ;-P

>From python3-pytest.postinst:

case "$1" in
    configure|abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
        # Just in case, recreate all scripts
        for version in `py3versions -vi`; do
            if [ $version ]; then
                cp /usr/bin/py.test-3 /usr/bin/py.test-$version
                sed -i "s,#! */usr/bin/python3,#!/usr/bin/python$version," "/usr/bin/py.test-$version"
            fi
        done
    ;;

This should be done at build time in debian/rules, not at install time.
-- 
Brian May <bam at debian.org>